Sarah Connolly

Sarah Connolly

Birthday: 1963-06-13

Place of Birth: England

Biography: Sarah Patricia Connolly CBE (born 13 June 1963) is an English mezzo-soprano. Although best known for her baroque and classical roles, Connolly has a wide-ranging repertoire which has included works by Wagner as well as various 20th-century composers. Connolly was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.

Movies

Giulio Cesare
Giulio Cesare

David McVicar’s production of Giulio Cesare manages to combine serious insight with entertainment, b...

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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

The Royal Opera, the Royal Ballet, and director-choreographer Wayne McGregor bring us an interpretat...

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Ariodante - Wiener Staatsoper
Ariodante - Wiener Staatsoper

It is a work charged with jealousy and intrigue, with struggles and betrayal: Ariodante, Handel’s fi...

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Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

Sarah Connolly's 'outstanding' (The Guardian) portrayal of the wronged Roman noblewoman, written ori...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio
The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio

Renée Fleming is Countess Madeleine, the beautiful, enigmatic woman at the center of Strauss’s sophi...

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Hippolyte and Aricie
Hippolyte and Aricie

In Glyndebournes first-ever staging of a opera by Rameau, director Jonathan Kent presents a producti...

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L'incoronazione di Poppea
L'incoronazione di Poppea

Love conquers all – ruthlessly and irresistibly – as Emperor Nero and his mistress Poppea remove the...

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Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut

Live from Glyndebourne 1997...

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Hippolyte and Aricie (Paris National Opera)
Hippolyte and Aricie (Paris National Opera)

Topi Lehtipuu and Anne-Catherine Gillet star in the 2012 Opera National de Paris production of Jean-...

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A Night with Handel
A Night with Handel

Handel is a thoroughly 'modern' composer whose genius for expressing human emotions is undimmed by t...

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The Cunning Little Vixen
The Cunning Little Vixen

Nicholas Hytner's enchanting production, sung in the original Czech, is conducted by Sir Charles Mac...

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Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.  2 (Riccardo Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 (Riccardo Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)

The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and their Music Director Riccardo Chailly have already acquired leg...

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Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie
Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie

Emmanuelle Haïm has established herself as one of the world’s leading performers, conductors and int...

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Glyndebourne: Hamlet
Glyndebourne: Hamlet

Brett Dean's multi-award-winning opera received its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. Th...

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Royal Opera House: Die Walküre
Royal Opera House: Die Walküre

Antonio Pappano conducts a full performance of the second opera in Richard Wagner’s epic Der Ring de...

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The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold
The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold

Frank Castorf revolutionised German-language theatre in the post-Berlin Wall era, bringing to the st...

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The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie
The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie

The new Bayreuth production of the Ring Cycle that premiered in 2013 offered spectacular sets, court...

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The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre

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Royal Opera House 2023/24: Rusalka
Royal Opera House 2023/24: Rusalka

Rusalka, a water spirit, lives with her family in the pure waters of the forest lake. When she falls...

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